Improvement in clothes-driers



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Letters Patent No. 110,137, dated`December i3, 1870.

IMPRCVEMENT IN i CLOTHES-DRlERS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

Toall whom it may concern Beit known that I, ISRAEL HOGELAXD, ofIndianapolis-in the county of' Marion and State ot' Indiana,

haveA invented a new and` valuable Improvement in Clothes-Racks; and Ido hereby declare that the following is'a full, clear, and exa-etdescription of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawingr"making apart of this specification and to the letters and'gnres ofreference marked thereon.

Figure l of the drawing is a representation of my invention inperspective.'

Figure 2 is a back view thereof'. vFigures 3, 4, and are details. rLhenature of my invention consists in the conl 'struction and arrangementoi'aclothes-drieror clothesrack, as will be hereinafter fully setfort-lr.

In order l to enable others skilled 'in the art to which my inventionappcrtains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing.

A A represent the side-beams of my clothes-drier, which-beams arcconnected hvn'ieans. of' cross-hars I3 D. f y

Each of these bars` consists of two pieces hinged together, as shown, bylneansoi metal 'plates .a a, which are attached on their front sides andform thehinges.

.l hc ends of the cross-bars I B are pivotcd on the ii'ont sides ot` theside-beams A A, the'pivots or bolts which pivot said bars passingthrough the centers of' These castings are provided with turned upflanges b b, which actas stops for thc cross-bars B B, to hold themsteady in a horizontal position.

The frame thus constructed supported by means of two props, D D, whichare pivoted one on the outer side oieach side-beam A; and a pin, ll, ousaid beam, .working in a groove on the inner side of the prop, acts as astop for the prop that it can only be thrown out a certain distance andremain there.

The inner sides of the beams A A are grooved longitudinally forasnitabledepth, and over said groove is fastened a slat, D', which is perforatedwith a series of holes at equal distances apart.

l Through these holes is passed the clothes-line E, back and forthfromone beam to the other, as shown in iig. 4, so that when the rack isfolded together the line can be drawn out' for a certain length, if sodesired.

The line E, in all its turns from one beam to the other, passes througha guide-bar, G, which prevents the line from getting tangled, and alsoholds the diii'erent parts thereof at the same distance apart when therack is spread out and Aclothes are bling on thelne. vThe sides of thisguide-bar Gare grooved, as shown in lig.l3, so that when the rack isfolded up the beams A A may come closeup to said guide-bar, the variousfolds of the line falling in these grooves and are out of sight.

On the back of one of the side-beams A is pivoted a bar; H, having`notches at its ends, as shown in Iig. 2, to it over headed pins orscrews e e on the back ot' the props D D, to hold the rack together whenfolded up and not in use.

Having thus fully1 described my'inventlon, iVhat I claim as\ new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is e 1. llhe side-beams A A,groo'vedon their inner sides, and provided with -slats D D', in combination.with the guide-bar G and line E, when constructed and arrangedsubstantially as and for the purpose specified. f

2. The combination of the side-beams AA, slats vD D, cross-bars B B,castings G C, props D D, guidebar G, linc E, and lock-bar H, whenconstructed and arranged substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the above, I have hereunto subscribed my nainein the presence of two witnesses.

ISRAEL` HOGELAND.

' Witnesses:

'lnnononn W. MoGoY, RICHARD A. BLACK.

